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R. A. KNEELAND. BUTTER PAGKAGE.

vN0. 443,998. ,Pa'tented Jan. 6, 1891.

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R. A. KNEELAND. BUTTER PACKAGE.

No. 443,998. Patented Jan. 6, 1891.

1 r e n 1% o r Rem a s Jfjlrweiand UNITED STATES ATETNT FFICE.

REMUS A. KNEELAND, OF BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN.

BUTTER-PAC KAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,998, dated January 6, 1891.

' Application filed May 31, 1890. Serial No. 353,745- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REMUs A. KNEELAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Benton Harbor, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Package for Shipping and Preserving Butter, Prepared Meats, Fruits, &c., of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to receptacles or pack ages designed for the shipping and preserving of butter, prepared meats, fruits,and any other articles of food which it is necessary to keep in air-tight vessels. Its principal use is for the shipping of butter. An objection to packages now in usefor such purposes is that when once opened they cannot be again closed air-tight, and hence the contents are liable to spoil unless used immediately. To meet this objection I provide a cover that fits air-tight on the package, and is there held by steel springs so constructed that the cover can be put on and taken off at pleasure and with perfect ease, and any desired tightness of fit be secured. The objection to wooden and earthen vessels is that after use they cannot be perfectly cleansed. Some part of the food article permeates the pores of the vessel, and, decomposing, taints any subsequent article shipped therein, so such vessels can be used very few, if any more times than the first, and must then be thrown away. As I employ glass for my receptacle my package can be used an indefinite number of times, since glass can be thoroughly cleansed.

Another important advantage of my invention is that the glass jar extends a considerable distance above the top of the pail, and hence when the cover has been removed the butter contained in the jar can be seen Without using a butter-trier. The jar may be easily lifted out of its receptacle also, as it 'afiords plenty of surface to which the hands may be applied for such purpose.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shipping=package with its cover on'and its bail in vertical position. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal plane section of the same, taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. at is a plan view of the lower side of the cover, showing its recess. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the pail and jar without the cover, the pail being partly broken awa Like 11 u merals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings, 10 is the glass jar designed to receive the butter or other food article.

11 is a wooden pail made some inches shorter than the jar. This pail is of any suitable common construction. It has a recess 12 formed around the outside of its upper ed e.

1 3 is its cover. This has a recess formed around the inside of its lower edge. The cover is likewise of common construction, except as stated.

14 is any suitable packing material, which, secured in these recesses, or in either of them, will render air-tight the joint made by the pail and its cover.

15 15 are spring-clasps secured by any suitable means at opposite sides on the edge of the cover, and 16 16 are metal catches screwed to the outside of the pail near its upper edge, so as to engage with the clasps.

17 17 are vertical slots made in the catches, so that, the latter may be set higher or lower, as may be necessary to secure the right degree of tightness of the cover upon the pail, and 18 18 are small lugs projecting from the catches on each side of the clasps to hold them in their proper position.

The pail may be furnished with any convenient handle 19 for lifting the package.

20 is a casing for the jar, consisting of paper, upon which comminuted cork is glued. It is designed to prevent the glass from breaking when the package is moved.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a butter-package, substantially as described, the combination of a glass jar, a casing for it formed of paper having coinminuted cork glued thereon, a pail designed to receive the jar and casing having metal catches on its sides, packing secured on the upper part I ing' in one or both recesses, catches having 0f the pail, and a ce-ver formed to close npon vertical slets secured en opposite sides cf the such packing and having springrclasps'depail, and claspssecured en the cover to ensigned to engage with said catches, as and for gage with said catches, substantially as and 5 the purpose specified. i for the pnrposesspecified.

2. In a butter-package, the combination of 1 REMUS A KNEE LAND a pail with a recess formed about its upper 1 edge, a glass jar deeper than the pail,a cover with a recess formed on its lower edge correl0 spending to the said recess on the pail, pack- Witnesses:

E. (J. ORAVVFORD, M. A. LORING. 

